The Tennessee Arts Commission has generous funds available to help you bring Tennessee Shakespeare Company to your classroom, or bring your students to us! Click HERE to view Tennessee Arts Commision's Preferred Artist Roster page for TSC.

Some grants you can apply for and what they may be used to fund include:

Student Ticket Subsidy Grant: Covers the cost of admission to our Student Matinees or Schools Tour, when the performance is combined with a Playshop or Residency;

The Arts Appreciation Grant provides up to $1,000 for one-day interactive Playshops and In-School Residencies fewer than five days (including Artist fees, in-state travel and lodging, course materials, teacher training, and marketing expenses);

The Arts Curriculum Grant provides up to $6,000 per year per school for Tennessee Shakespeare Company’s In-School Residency experiences five days or longer.

You can also contact TSC's Development Manager, Harvey Kay at [email protected] for further assistance. Tennessee Arts Commission also has staff available to assist you, and we are happy to put you in touch with them!

Mr. McGillin’s hour-long show to benefit TSC’s Education Program will feature his Broadway songbook and stories from his fabled 30-year career.

Platinum, Gold, and Silver seating packages (with tiered benefits) for 10 guests are now available by calling TSC’s Development Office today at 901-759-0620.

Preferred seating is available in the order in which calls are received. Single tickets, if available, will go on sale in January.

The evening, which is expected to sell out, also includes a lavish buffet dinner, an exclusive opportunity to win a trip to Cumberland Island, Georgia, for only $25, TSC’s singular live auction, and a fun new silent auction of 30 Celebrity Wine & Spirits baskets.

Howard McGillin is a two-time Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominee for originating the role of John Jasper in The Mystery of Edwin Drood and for his portrayal of Billy Crocker in the Broadway revival of Cole Porter’sAnything Goes. He starred in the award-winning West End revival of Mack & Mabel and sings on the cast album recording. He also received critical acclaim for his work as Molina in the Kander and Ebb musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, for originating a leading role in the world premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Bounce, for Kodaly inShe Loves Me, Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden, and Captain Hook in the national tour of Peter Pan. Mr. McGillin has been featured in the Encores! production of the Ziegfeld Follies of 1936. He also has performed in many concerts in the United States and abroad, including Sondheim's Follies that was released on DVD.

Choose from these Tiered Options of 10-seat Packages

PLATINUM TITLE SPONSOR ($5,000)

Benefits:

Name recognition on Poster;

Best seats in the house;

Invitation to private catered dinner party with the Guest Artist on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014

Plus all items listed with Gold Sponsorship, below.

GOLD SPONSOR ($2,500)

Benefits:

Name recognition on Invitation;

Preferential seating in theatre;

Complimentary Champagne and Dessert in the Green Room during post-show reception with Guest Artist. Complimentary photo opportunity with Guest Artist;

Receive an exclusive gift with option for autograph: wine chill/picnic bag with two bottles of specially labeled TSC wine.

Plus all items listed with Silver Sponsorship, below.

SILVER SPONSOR ($1,500)

Benefits:

Lavish Dinner Buffet;

Dessert Reception;

Name recognition in Playbill;

10 tickets to the event;

Preferential seating in theatre behind Gold Sponsors;

Access to open bar.

An Exciting Evening of Wine, Spirits, and Frenzy!

This year’s Gala will be SWIFTER than ever.

We will feature a condensed Silent Auction, featuring 30 celebrity gift baskets and other exclusive items, allowing you more time for perusal and bidding.

We will locate ten special Shakespeare Surprise Dolls within GPAC to be sold on a first-come/first-found basis at prices varying from $100 to $1,000, each bearing a scroll that will reveal a secret prize package and guaranteed to have a minimum fair market value of what is paid for the doll. You get to keep the doll, too!

Discover our new, one-night-only Drawing with a limited number of $25 tickets available: only 400 for our 500+ guests. The prize is an “Island Picnic Getaway,” which includes a one-week stay for up to 8 people on Cumberland Island, GA, the largest of the Georgia barrier islands.

We will present an abbreviated Live Auction, including some dream dates, Dan McCleary and his one-of-a-kind shaken Martinis, and a "Frenzy" to get your heart really pumping. Imagine gift certificates to your favorite restaurants auctioned off at full value to the first, raised bid card. Your arm has never moved so fast!

Revel Year-Round with TSC's

Season 7 School Tours!

Mid-South Schools Tour: Shakespeare Said It!

This engaging collection of scenes and speeches highights iconic words and phrases first penned by Shakespeare. Your students will delight at discovering how much of their everyday language originated in Shakespeare's plays. Two actors play with breath-taking dexterity through a whirlwind of scenes your students will be quoting for years to come!

VENUE: In YOUR School! Touring Tennessee, across the Mid-South, and throughout the Southeast.

Recommended for intimate audience of up to 100, Shakespeare Said It! books for a flat rate of $550 ($450 if your school is located within Shelby County). For groups larger than 100, TSC recommends booking multiple shows. Multiple shows can be booked on the same day or on different days, whatever is most convenient. Teachers and chaperones are admitted FREE and do not count toward the 100 audience members. The show runs 45-minutes, followed by a 10-minute actor talk back.

Performance Space: This production requires a space AT LEAST 12' x 12' (or a 12' diameter). No stage or elevation is required, so we can play in a variety of spaces.

Material is suitable for all ages.

School Tour: Romeo and Juliet

In conjunction with The Romeo and Juliet Project, TSC boldly revives Shakespeare’s rousing story of too-young lovers. Five young people end up dead in a story that begins as a comedy – how can the adults and children save the next generation? This intimate, small ensemble tour provides your students with an in-your-face encounter with Shakespeare’s iconic teenagers, highlighting the remarkable similarities between their situations and the lives of young people today.

DATES: February 1 – March 28, 2015 VENUE: In YOUR School! Touring the Greater Memphis Area

Recommended for intimate audience of up to 100,Romeo and Juliet books for a flat rate of $650. For groups larger than 100, TSC recommends booking multiple shows. Teachers and chaperones are admitted FREE and do not count toward the 100 audience members. The show runs 90-minutes, followed by a 10-minute actor talk back.

Performance Space: This production requires a space AT LEAST 15' in diameter. No stage or elevation is required, so we can play in a variety of spaces.

Material is suitable for all ages.

What students and teachers are saying about TSC's School Tours:

What an awesome experience. I got so much feedback from students and teachers that it was 'the highlight of the year.' - Michele Sabatier, teacher, St. Joseph School, Greenville, MS

Moving, authentic performances! The quality of the productions is unmatched in this area. My students will never claim Shakespeare is irrelevant again!! - April Murphy, teacher, Collierville Connection Homeschool Group

I didn't have to find chaperones. I didn't have to order buses or lunches. It was the most convenient, perfect 'field trip' for the kids and me. TSC is gracious, pleasant and perfectly Shakespearean. - Abby Cardwell, teacher, Snowden School